The race is on to see red by Christmas

Jackie French
October 17 2021 - 1:30am
The true secret of early tomatoes is to feed them lavishly. Picture: Shutterstock
The true secret of early tomatoes is to feed them lavishly. Picture: Shutterstock

Every spring I begin the countdown for our first home-grown tomato. Competition used to be so great around here 60 years ago that a previous owner of our farm daily lugged water and fertiliser up to a sunny plateau 600 metres above the house.

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Jackie French

Jackie French

Canberra Times columnist

Jackie French is an Australian author, historian, ecologist and honourary wombat (part time), 2014-2015 Australian Children' Laureate and 2015 Senior Australian of the Year. She also writes a gardening column for The Canberra Times.

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